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WADA Removes Tunisian Anti-Doping Organization from Non-Compliant List, Urges Release of Officials<\/strong><\/p>\n

The World Anti-Doping Agency on Wednesday removed Tunisia\u2019s Anti-Doping Organization (ANAD) from its non-compliant list<\/a>, a decision back-dated to May 8, before an incident that led to firings and arrests within the country.<\/p>\n

A day earlier, it urged the Tunisian government to release sports officials arrested for following WADA policies<\/a> in a row over the nation\u2019s compliance with the international doping regime.<\/p>\n

In the fall, ANAD had been ruled non-compliant in implementing aspects of the 2021 World Anti-Doping Code. Following notification and a period to make modifications, ANAD had not made necessary fixes, leading to WADA on April 8 sending formal notice of non-compliance, effective April 30.<\/p>\n

That decision precipitated a situation on Friday, March 10 in which, per the non-compliant status, Tunisia was barred from flying the national flag at a national swim meet. That drew the ire of president Kais Saied,<\/strong> who ordered the dissolution of the board of ANAD, the Tunisian Swimming Federation and threw seven officials in jail for good measure<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However \u2026 WADA revealed Wednesday that it had \u201creceived confirmation that the required governmental decree had entered into force\u201d on May 2. A Compliance Review Committee agreed on May 8 \u2013 that is, before the meet in Tunis that set off this escalation of the row \u2013 to remove ANAD from non-compliance. The communique seven days later found officials fired and in jail.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, WADA released a statement supporting the arrested ANAD director general, saying he was, \u201csimply trying to abide by the consequences of ANAD\u2019s non-compliance with the World Anti-Doping Code.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWADA supports the efforts of ANAD and International Federations to uphold the decision by the WADA Executive Committee to assert non-compliance in this case,\u201d WADA said Tuesday. \u201cReports that the ANAD Director General has been arrested for doing so is a matter of grave concern. WADA calls for his immediate and unconditional release from custody, as well as the dropping of any charges made against him pertaining to this.\u201d<\/p>\n

A day later, it made the non-compliance go away, a move that five days earlier would\u2019ve prevented the entire imbroglio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"